Margie Morton
Dec 22, 2020
Margie Morton, 82, of the Snap Community in Panola County, TX, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, Dec. 22, 2020, at her home in Snap. Margie Dell Swatsell was born on June 17, 1938, in Franklin County, TX to the late Marvin Clifford and Delma Rita Safford Swatsell. She married Billy Joe Morton on Dec. 3, 1956, in Clovis,...
Frankey Smith
Dec 22, 2020
Frankey Smith, 56, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Tuesday evening, Dec. 22, 2020, in Tyler. She was born on July 8, 1964, in Dallas, TX, to the late John William and Gloria Dean Horton Edmond. Frankey worked as an inspector and packer for Genpak in Carthage for many years. She also owned and operated Frankey Smith Cleaning Service...
Willie Joe Greer
Dec 19, 2020
Willie Joe Greer, 78, of Carthage, Texas, passed away on Saturday night, December 19, 2020, in Carthage. He was born on January 25, 1942, in Alexandria, Louisiana to the late Finis and Lavell Walton Greer. Willie Joe graduated from Carthage High School. He moved to California and worked for the Palm Springs Airport for over 30 years. He married...
Richard Elliott Halcumb
Dec 19, 2020
Richard Elliott Halcumb, 71, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Saturday night, Dec. 19, 2020, in Longview, TX. He was born on Jan. 9, 1949, in Pasadena, TX to William Henry, Sr. and Patricia Ann Elliott Halcumb. Richard attended Deer Park Schools and graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1967, and attended Kilgore College. Richard worked...
Charles "Chuck" Alfred Roethke
Dec 18, 2020
Charles Alfred "Chuck" Roethke, 89, of Carthage, Texas, passed away at his home on Friday morning, Dec. 18, 2020. Chuck was born April 28, 1931, in Berlin, Germany to Karl and Elfriede Roloff Roethke. He graduated from West Division High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with the class of 1949. Chuck served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War...
Cletus Sylvester Harvey
Dec 16, 2020
Cletus Sylvester Harvey, 88, passed away peacefully at his home in Nacogdoches, TX. He was born on November 27, 1932, in Pampa, Texas to the late C.O. "Red" and Ethna Genett Harvey. He was preceded in death by his love Doris Gray Harvey on March 30, 2019, after 43 years of marriage.
Cletus Harvey is survived by...
Margaret Ann Boles Copeland
Dec 16, 2020
Margaret Ann Boles Copeland, 73, of Carthage, TX passed away December 16, 2020, in Carthage. Mrs. Copeland was born Aug. 16, 1947, in Klamath Falls, OR to Izac Silas and Floradale Geraldine Depuy Boles. Margaret married James Metcalf Copeland in Reno, NV. Mrs. Copeland earned her Bachelor's Degree in Education and Special Education from SFA State University and spent...
Linda Luman Koenig
Dec 15, 2020
Linda Luman Koenig, 70, Tenaha, Texas, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, December 15, 2020, in Tyler, Texas. She was born on December 6, 1950, in Commerce, Texas. Linda was preceded in death by her mother, Edith Marriott Luman Zellers; father, Loyal D. "L. D." Luman; sister-in-law, Janet Sue Holbrook; and niece, Amy Holbrook.
She is survived by...
Susan Donohoe
Dec 13, 2020
Susan Donohoe, of Henderson, Texas, passed away on Sunday morning, December 13, 2020. Sue moved to Texas after her retirement from serving as Vice-President of Women's Basketball in Indianapolis, Indiana and then as director of the Kay Yow Cancer Foundation in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is originally from Pineville, Louisiana, where she began her basketball career as a starter...
William "Dub" Benton Morrison, Jr.
Dec 9, 2020
William Benton Morrison, Jr., of Beckville, Texas, passed away on Wednesday morning, December 9, 2020, at his home in Beckville. He was born on February 14, 1942, in Baytown, Texas to the late William Benton Morrison, Sr. and Wanda Estelle Spears Morrison. Dub was raised in Corpus Christi, graduating from Roy Miller High School with the class of 1960....
Eduardo Hernández
Dec 6, 2020
Eduardo Hernández, 89, of Longview, TX, passed away on Sunday night, Dec. 6, 2020, at his home in Longview. Eduardo Escareno Hernández was born on Oct. 13, 1931, in Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, Mexico to the late Nicanor Hernández and Josefina Escareno. He married Irma Cadena on June 23, 1953, in Nueva Rosita and she passed away on Nov. 23,...
Joann Browning Ross
Dec 3, 2020
Joann Browning Ross, 88, of the Fair Play Community, in Panola County, TX, passed away on Thursday morning, Dec. 3, 2020, in Carthage, TX. Joann was born on April 22, 1932, in the Brooks Community of Panola County, TX to the late Hubert Douglas Browning, Sr. and Lillie Mae Tompkins Browning. She graduated from Carthage High School with the...
Jack Parker, Sr.
Nov 25, 2020
Jack Parker, Sr., 82, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 25, 2020, at his home in Carthage. Jackson King Parker, Sr. was born on Sept. 9, 1938, in Shreveport, LA to the late J.A. "Buddy" and Dorothy Raney King Parker. He grew up in the Del Ray Community of Panola County, graduating from Carthage High School...
Kenneth Albert Self
Nov 22, 2020
Kenneth Albert Self, 69, of Chestnut, Louisiana, passed away Sunday afternoon, November 22, 2020, in Panola County, Texas, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was traveling with a very special and dear friend, Mrs. Linda Gregory, who also passed away in the accident. Mr. Self was born on December 27, 1950, in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to Albert...
Shirley Ann Dennis
Nov 22, 2020
Shirley Ann Dennis, 81, of Lindale, TX, passed away on Sunday night, Nov. 22, 2020, at her home in Lindale. Shirley Ann Stone was born on Sept. 23, 1939, in Big Sandy, Upshur County, TX to the late George Alonzo and Euda Belle Smith Stone. Shirley married James Fayne "Jimmy" Dennis on Dec. 1, 1955, in Tyler, TX and...
Carol Peverill
Nov 21, 2020
Carol Peverill, 72, of Carthage, TX, passed from this life on Nov. 21, 2020, at her home in Carthage. Vivian Carol Deeds was born July 26, 1948, at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, LA to the late James Laverne and Maudine Jacks Deeds. Vivian graduated from Aldine High School in Houston with the class of 1966. She...
Cleta Fern Marshall
Nov 20, 2020
Mrs. Cleta Fern Marshall, 95 of Gary, TX passed away November 20, 2020 in Carthage, TX. Mrs. Marshall was born February 4, 1925 in White County, IL to Dewey and Audrey Mobley Austin. She married Milton Marshall August 6, 1941 in Cape Girardeau, MO and together they celebrated 62 years until he preceded her in death on May 31,...
Margaret Guin Bettevy
Nov 16, 2020
Margaret Bettevy, 92, of Carthage, TX, passed away on Monday morning, Nov. 16, 2020, in Carthage. Margaret Jerlene Guin was born on Feb. 4, 1928, in Montgomery, LA to the late Asa and Carrie Ann Self Guin. She graduated from Montgomery High School and Louisiana College in Pineville with a nursing degree. Margaret married Cecil Jake Bettevy on Oct....
William Earl Spurgeon, Sr.
Nov 14, 2020
William Earl Spurgeon, Sr. 96, of the Antioch Community of Panola County, TX, passed away on Saturday evening, Nov. 14, 2020, in Carthage, TX. He was born on Sept. 11, 1924, at Dogtown in Cherokee County, TX to the late Johnnie William and Annie Brady Pitts Spurgeon. He left school after the 4 th grade to work on a...
Jack Arnold Mcdaniel
Nov 13, 2020
Jack Arnold McDaniel, 84 of Lake Murvaul, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 in Nacogdoches, Texas. Jack was born April 15, 1936 in Joaquin, Texas to Obie Dar and Ida Gay Mills McDaniel. He married Linda Ann Sanders on July 6, 1959 and together they celebrated 61 years. Mr. McDaniel worked as a pipe liner and inspector for R.H....
